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 分享小苹果来自巴西里约热内卢访问贫民窟Favela Santa Marta的报道：

Seen gun fighting scenes in Fast 5 ? Some of the scenes were filmed in the most notorious slums in Rio de Janeiro. Today, I spent a full day in Santa Marta, the slum where Dominic Toretto and Luke Hobbs did their roof chase.

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Have you been to Oakland, Southern Chicago, or Bronx? The worst neighborhoods in America minus gun violence are nothing compared to here. Santa Marta has the worst possible human living conditions I've ever seen: Deprived safety, limited space, and health concerns just about everything. Christ the Redeemer looks rainbow and sunshine, but you wouldn't know we were standing on the roof of an abandoned church. On my way to the upper part, I walked through an literal maze, seeing contaminated water channels, human wastes, dog wastes, construction materials, half-naked men with their cheap loud music and beers. 

Everything was just so… different in this universe. The girl is 17, the mother of the kid. You won't tell her about feminism and how women should get education and postpone pregnancy. The boy is 16, and I'll be happy if he doesn't end up doing drugs or fathering someone soon… Poverty, that is what it boils down to - not just Santa Marta, but the massive developing world.

Yet, I felt bewildered. I was confused because this pair of brother and sister exhibited qualities many of us are too cool to have. They were warm, and friendly. They voluntarily offered me a tour within the slum to where Micheal Jackson came and performed in 1996. They advised me where to put my wallet and camera, and how to avoid troubles. They asked interesting questions that reflected intellectual curiosity. They asked how many languages I could speak. They asked where are these Honda Toyota Fiat Chevrolet Ford BMW automobiles made in as we spotted them passing by. They asked how many hours from New York to Rio, and they asked how New York looks like. Well… a lot of them I couldn't explain to them… not in the language they understand.

In the terms of socioeconomics, I just saw some people from the lower end, yet ironically they are happier than many of us, many many of us from the developed world and the well-offs. To wrap up my story and the long day: I played football with these kids - and football was straight up happiness for everyone.

— 于Favela Santa Marta

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